Francisco Miguel Díaz Pérez
ACTIVITY
Francisco Miguel Díaz has been doing stonework for countless applications in building for nearly 50 years. He masters the techniques involved in various forms of stonemasonry: walls, arches, basins, troughs, fountains, etc.
He normally uses stone to be found on the land where he carries out… each job. He also often uses volcanic stone.
The tools he uses in such work are diamond-tipped chisels, linga ropes for hoisting loads, disc cutters, etc.
One of the tasks in which Francisco Miguel is most experienced is wall-building: dressing stones to give them smooth faces, trampeado arrangement of corners, techniques for making a wall flush and plumb, etc.
TRAINING
Francisco Miguel’s teacher was his father, a stonemason of La Palma, who began to teach his son when aged just twelve.
TEACHING
He has taught stone-laying techniques to over a hundred people who have worked with him over the years.
